measuring worm

English

Etymology

So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare inchworm.

Noun

measuring worm (plural measuring worms)

1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.

Synonyms

• geometrid
• inchworm
• looper
• spanworm

Translations

larva

Bulgarian: педомерка f (pedomerka) Chinese: Mandarin: 尺蠖 (zh) (chǐhuò) Finnish: mittarimato (fi) Japanese: 尺蠖 (shakkaku), 尺取り虫 (shakutorimushi) Kazakh: мүр көбелек (mür köbelek) Korean: 자벌레 (jabeolle) Maori: whangawhanga, tāwhanawhana, tāwhana Navajo: wóóshiyishí, wónaalchʼilí Polish: miernikowiec m Portuguese: medideira f, lagarta mede-palmos f, marca-passo (pt) f, bicho agrimensor m Russian: гу́сеница (ru) f (gúsenica) (пя́деницы крыжо́вниковой) Ukrainian: п'яду́н m (pʺjadún) Vietnamese: sâu đo (vi)